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Summary

For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

General references

Bible References

I will defend

2 Kings 20:6
I will add fifteen years to your life and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant."'"
Psalm 46:5
God lives within it, it cannot be moved. God rescues it at the break of dawn.
Psalm 48:2
It is lofty and pleasing to look at, a source of joy to the whole earth. Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon; it is the city of the great king.
Isaiah 31:5
Just as birds hover over a nest, so the Lord who commands armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue it.
Isaiah 38:6
and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city."'"

For mine

Deuteronomy 32:27
But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say, "Our power is great, and the Lord has not done all this!"'
Isaiah 43:25
I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.
Isaiah 48:9
For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you.
Ezekiel 36:22
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation which you profaned among the nations where you went.
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

My servant

1 Kings 11:12
However, for your father David's sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son's hand instead.
1 Kings 15:4
Nevertheless for David's sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty in Jerusalem by giving him a son to succeed him and by protecting Jerusalem.
Isaiah 9:7
His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David's throne and over David's kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord's intense devotion to his people will accomplish this.
Jeremiah 23:5
"I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land.
Jeremiah 33:21
could my covenant with my servant David and my covenant with the Levites ever be broken. So David will by all means always have a descendant to occupy his throne as king and the Levites will by all means always have priests who will minister before me.

General references

2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.'"

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